I’ve been swamped the past two days with school stuff, side projects and veterinary issues (came home last night to find The Unforgiving Puppy hobbling around on feet the size of softballs), so blogging hasn’t been a priority. I’ve also been working on some things that will be published elsewhere under my own name instead of appearing here.

Anyways, here’s today’s comput0r tip:

What with just about every website incorporating Flash these days, it’s almost mandatory to have the Flash Player plugin installed in your web browser. I bet you didn’t realize, though, that the plugin can, as Wikipedia puts it, “silently compromise its users’ internet privacy, and do so without their knowledge.”

It gets even better, though. While you can change some settings to better protect yourself, you can’t do so without going to a special page on Adobe’s website. And Adobe doesn’t exactly go out of its way to let you know about that page.

So I’d urge you to take a minute to go here and review your Flash plugin settings. You might be a bit unhappy with what you see. Be sure to let Adobe know.